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Philosophical foundations of neuroscience

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  • Author: Bennet, M.R.
    Contributor: Hacker, P.M.S
    Date:
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    2014
    Summary:

    In this work, two distinguished figures from neuroscience and philosophy present a detailed critical survey of the philosophical foundations of cognitive neuroscience. The book gives a critical conceptual overview of the difficulties encountered in many current neuroscientific theories.

    Contents:
    • Pt. I. Philosophical Problems in Neuroscience: Their Historical and Conceptual Roots 1. Early Growth of Neuroscientific Knowledge: The Integrative Action of the Nervous System 2. Cortex and the Mind in the Work of Sherrington and his Proteges 3. Mereological Fallacy in Neuroscience Pt. II. Human Faculties and Contemporary Neuroscience: An Analysis 4. Sensation and Perception 5. Cognitive Powers 6. Cogitative Powers 7. Emotion 8. Volition and Voluntary Movement Pt. III. Consciousness and Contemporary Neuroscience: An Analysis 9. Intransitive and Transitive Consciousness 10. Conscious Experience, Mental States and Qualia 11. Puzzles about Consciousness 12. Self-Consciousness Pt. IV. On Method 13. Reductionism 14. Methodological Reflections App. 1. Daniel Dennett App. 2. John Searle.
    Genre:
    Math and science, Philosophy
    Subject(s): Cognitive neuroscience | Neuropsychology | Philosophy and cognitive science
    Original Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2003
    Language(s): English